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[Darrel Manson]

May 6 - Wall Street - Gordon Gecco's birthday - shown when Bud Fox signs on computer

[Darrel Manson]

June 6 - loads of D-Day films, of course but for an alternative: Lebanon - a note at the beginning notes the date this film takes place. (June 6, 1982)

[John Drew]

July 22nd and July 27th entries in Johan's diary from Bergman's Hour of the Wolf.

[Darrel Manson]

From As It Is in Heaven: June 24 - date the Chruch Council fires Daniel. July 28 date of competition in Austria and Daniel dies.

[John Drew]

October 9th, 1979 - Dith Pran and Sydney Schanberg are reunited in The Killing Fields.

[Darrel Manson]

In a Better World (Haevnen): Christian and Elias share July 7 birthday.

[Darrel Manson]

Blame It on Fidel:
25 Sept 1970 - date written on the blackboard in Anna's school
September 11 is noted radio broadcast mentioning Allende's death
29 July 2881 - date written on the wall of Anna's new school at end of film.

[John Drew]

Midnight Express - October 6th, 1970 Billy Hayes is detained in Instanbul for possession of hashish.

October 4th, 1975 he escapes from prison and flees to Greece.

[Darrel Manson]

April 14, 1865 is noted onscreen in The Conspirator. That is the date Lincoln was shot.

Edited by Darrel Manson, 22 May 2011 - 09:27 PM.

[John Drew]

The Shootist (1976) January 22nd, 1901 - January 28th, 1901

Edited by Baal_T'shuvah, 05 June 2011 - 04:01 PM.

[Darrel Manson]

It's a doc, so it is second tier, but Tabloid had a few on screen dates:

9/18/77 - arrest
12/7/77 - court
6/22/78 - skip bail (I think)
9/25/86 - dog attack (I think)
8/8/86 - video re: dog

[Darrel Manson]

July 16, 1942 - Sarah's Key - opening scene when family is arrested and Michel is locked in the closet.

[Darrel Manson]

Trollhunter:
Oct. 13, 2008 date the tapes that make up the movie were discovered
June 25, 2010 date the Norwegian PM said Norway had trolls in press conference

[Darrel Manson]

A Dangerous Method is full of them. All but 2 of these are dates, locations put on screen.

Aug 17, 1904

Dec. 26 (implied in dialogue) birth of Jung's 1st daughter

March 3, '06

May 30, '09 (date on letter)

Sept. 25, '10

April 13, '12

July 16, '13

[John Drew]

August 14th, 1865 - Journal entry for the day that the cattle drive finally arrives in Abilene, Kansas in Howard Hawks' Red River.

[Darrel Manson]

From Goodbye First Love (Un amour de jeunesse):

Feb 6, 2000 - date put on board in English class
Sept. 13, 2003 - a date that shows up to establish the passing of time.

[Darrel Manson]

From Moonlight Kingdom: The first date mentioned is that there is an historic storm coming on September 5, three days hence. The scout master tape records his log on September 2, 4, and Oct. 10.

[Darrel Manson]

FRom Patang (The Kite): Jan. 13 and 14. 1/14 is the date of the big Amedabad kite festival.

[Darrel Manson]

Farewell, My Queen: July 14, 15, 16, 17, 1789.

There are also dates put up on screen noting the dates of the beheading of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.

[Darrel Manson]

Blame It on Fidel:
Sept 25, 1970 - date on blackboard in school
Nov. 20 - date spoken over phone
Sept. 11 - Allende's death noted on radio
July 29 - date on wall outside of school